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Mail encoding of text

I have a problem with reading some letters using application Mail.

On my iphone the message which I had received has the correct coding, but when I use macbook with Yosemite in application Mail the coding of the letter is incorrect and I can't read it. The text language is russian.

I try to find preferences of encoding in application but didn't find anything about it.

I try to google the information about coding of incoming letters, but It also gave no result.

Did somebody have the same problem?

Thanks a lot in advance.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), Mail application

Posted on Mar 31, 2015 10:00 AM

24 replies

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

122,300 points

Mar 31, 2015 12:10 PM in response to krylovdx

Could you do View > Message > Raw Source on that email and copy/paste in an email to me (tom at bluesky dot org)? I will see whether there is an error in the message causing the problem.

krylovdx Author

Level 1

6 points

Mar 31, 2015 11:48 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

at is @, isn't it?

if it's true I sent it(:

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

122,300 points

Mar 31, 2015 12:10 PM in response to krylovdx

You sent me the raw source of this web page. I need the raw source of that particular message from the Mail app.

krylovdx Author

Level 1

6 points

Mar 31, 2015 12:00 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

I resent it.

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

122,300 points

Mar 31, 2015 12:08 PM in response to krylovdx

The person who sent the message used this encoding: charset="ks_c_5601-1987". That is some ancient stuff for Korean, not Russian. The sender should fix it.

krylovdx Author

Level 1

6 points

Mar 31, 2015 12:10 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks, Tom, I will tell the sender to fix it!!

I was afraid that all letters should be received in strange encoding, but now I am calm(:

Thanks one more time!

cdhw

Level 4

3,594 points

Jul 20, 2015 6:25 AM in response to 91koff

This is a long shot, but does the 'Reply using the same format' Mail.app preference make any difference?

91koff

Level 1

16 points

Jul 20, 2015 7:15 AM in response to sukfromny

No, it's not working unless you forward the email using iOS mail.app that shows text correctly.

91koff

Level 1

16 points

Jul 20, 2015 7:17 AM in response to cdhw

cdhw,

I do not reply, I'm in copy.

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